Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEMPTER, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography First Line: When I'm a hundred miles from home Last Line: And who's to blame? That depot man. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains | ||||||||
When I'm a hundred miles from home, Another hundred have to roam, When many a night and many a day I know I'll have to be away, I wish the man whose job it is To call the trains one call of his Would please omit: Oh, yell and shout But, Mister, leave my home town out. For here I am, all set to go Where duty calls, but longing so For wife and children left behind. And then some caller most unkind A train announces, and the track, The very train to take me back! O Mister Caller, on my knees I ask you, skip my home town, please! Some night I know I'll fall from grace: All started for some other place, Some place a fellow has to roam, I'll turn around and hurry home. Some day that man that train will call And I will drop my grips and all And run and catch it if I can -- And who's to blame? That depot man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAILWAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON WHAT WE DID TO WHAT WE WERE by PHILIP LEVINE BURYING GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WAY-STATION by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWILIGHT TRAIN by EILEEN MYLES THE CAVEMAN ON THE TRAIN by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS A DIFFERENT WAY by DOUGLAS MALLOCH |
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